Being the father of an autistic son, I am always worrying mainly about his future and how well his therapy is helping him. I always find myself worrying about him and wishing he could live a normal life. I always let him choose the methods for us to connect, anything that will bring a smile and a laugh to his face is the best bonding we could ever have. I just pray that someday we can find a cure and beat autism altogether. It saddens me to see innocent children not getting the help that they deserve. We as parents, need to be involved with anything that could help our children, to make their lives perfect.

It does depend on the dad. Fathers who are away at work all day miss out on the intense learning process mothers experience when they stay home with their sons. It's up to the dads to accept their sons' strengths and find a way to connect on that level. My husband and son spend hours building Lego creations. They also wrestle together when our son needs proprioceptive input, letting the little guy determine how rough it gets.

It depends on the dad. Some dads are Aspies, some play football.

It seems to me that its been harder on my son-in-law to accept my grandsons autism than it has for anyone else, not saying that his mother, siblings and grandparents and extended family haven't taken it hard, but it seems to me that when he found out, it was a very sad thing for him to know his little son had aspergers.  At least he can do all of the physical things with his son, but it really hurt him at first to know his son was "different" and maybe impaired.